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Iperilism-The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition
or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.
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The French in West Africa.podafrica1914.jpg
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France had an intrest in the region boardering the Meiterranean sea.
France lost most of its original overseas empire in the Seven Years war
and the Napaleonic wars and suffered a mojor set back in its defeat in
the Franco-Prussian war. Thus French Imperialism was an effort to regain
lost power.